6:15 AM,
Oct. 28, 2013

FILE - IU coach Tom Crean landed his second commitment for the 2014 class with Max Hoetzel's pledge this weekend.

Written by

Zach Osterman
zach.osterman@indystar.com

The first competitive weekend of Indiana's 2013-14 season also proved a productive one for the program's future.

Max Hoetzel, a 6-7 wing/forward from Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Massachusetts, committed to Indiana after visiting officially this weekend, The Indianapolis Star has learned. Hoetzel committed to IU over offers from Utah, Pacific, Loyola Marymount, San Diego and others.

He had at one time reclassified to 2015, when he left home in California for his New England prep school, but Indiana wanted him to sign for its 2014 class, and the wing/forward is understood to have obliged ...